Congestion is expected on Interstates 5, 90 and 405 this weekend, Oct. 15-17, as construction crews close much of State Route 520, including the floating bridge.
The Berliner in downtown Renton is hosting The Pin Ups Against Cancer, performing burlesque during their Okoberfest Benefit event on Oct. 21.
The staff of the Renton Reporter has won four awards in a competition among the state’s community newspapers.
The Renton Business and Professional Women will honor its 2011 Woman of Achievement and its 2011 Woman of the Year at a luncheon Oct. 21.
The campaign to replace King Parker on the City Council pits two candidates who are involved in the community but who have a vastly different base of support.
With a stark difference between their elective experience, Greg Taylor and Sarah Sanoy-Wright are in a low-key race for City Council Position 4 now held by Taylor.
The general election is Nov. 8.
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
The honeymoon ended abruptly when a couple got into a scuffle after their wedding reception Sept. 24.
The Kennydale Lions Club has been busy collecting clothes for the Renton Clothes Bank.
Former Renton Mayor Kathy Keolker will speak about the City of Renton Sister City program at the Oct. 21 meeting of Renton Chapter 414 of AARP.
A 35-year-old Tacoma man is presumed drowned after he lost his footing and was swept away Wednesday while fishing on the Green River. The Renton fire department Dive Unit was assisting in recovery efforts.
Renton Technical College announced Monday that it will receive a $2.1 million grant during the next three years from the Departments of Labor and Education.
Community members and letter carriers Wednesday protested the planned closure of the Skyway Post Office.
If you saw people running around with cameras filming all over Renton last weekend, then you witnessed parts of the city’s 50-hour filmmaking competition, the Renton FilmFrenzy. This year films had to incorporate a line about aerospace in Renton, a piece of public art and a scene from the Harvest Festival, which was taking place in the Piazza on Saturday.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the most comprehensive study of the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population is under way in King County, including in Renton.
Known to many throughout the area for her work as executive director with the Renton Community Foundation, Lynn Bohart is revealing a different side of her personality with her latest eBook, “Your Worst Nightmare.”
A family of seven received housing, food and clothing assistance from the American Red Cross Friday after a fire heavily damaged their house on West Hill.
If Renton residents want to embrace and engage the city’s diverse population, it’s going to take patience, persistence and establishing trust guest panelists said at a Neighborhood Program meeting on the topic Oct. 5.
Marty Wine, the City of Renton assistant chief administrative officer, has been selected as the new city manager for Tigard, Ore.
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
A Renton store employee was caught and fired for buying what she thought was marijuana in the store’s parking lot Sept. 9.
It’s that time of year when the leaves should be changing colors, warm drinks provide comfort and pumpkins appear on doorsteps and in pies.
The 10th Harvest Festival is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Piazza on Burnett Avenue.